Our republican Constitution : securing the liberty and sovereignty of We the people / Randy E. Barnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnett, Randy E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

xiv, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Contents:

Part I Creating Our Republican Constitution

1 "To Secure These Rights": The Political Theory of the Declaration of Independence 31

2 Revising "Republicanism": Solving the Problem of Too Much Democracy 52

3 "We the People" as Individuals: Popular Sovereignty in the Constitution and Supreme Court 62

Part II Improving Our Republican Constitution

4 How Slavery Led to a More Republican Constitution: The New Republican Party and Its Amendments 85

5 Losing Our Republican Constitution: The Rise of Progressivism, Judicial Restraint, and the Living Constitution 113

Part III Preserving Our Republican Constitution

6 Why Federalism Matters: How Structure Secures the Liberties of the People 167

7 Protecting Rights by Limiting Federal Power: The Rise, Fall, and Partial Revival of Federalism 185

8 A Government of Men and Not of Laws: The Rise of the Executive-Administrative State 203

9 "Irrational and Arbitrary" Laws: The Need for Judicial Skepticism 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.

ISBN:

0062412280

9780062412287

OCLC:

908990107